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I received a phone call with a message from Steve King, and while at first I thought he would be asking me to support Fred Thompson, it turned out he was trying to get support for the Life Begins at Conception Act. Here is information from the Pro-Life alliance about the act, which was submitted in January of 2007 by Duncan Hunter: A Frontal Assault on Roe v. Wade For more than thirty years, nine unelected men and women on the Supreme Court have played God with innocent human life. The result has been a brutal holocaust that has claimed...

Tenn. Senate Moves to Limit Abortions The state Senate on Thursday passed a proposal to amend the Tennessee Constitution so that it doesn't guarantee a woman's right to an abortion. The 24-9 vote was the first step of many toward officially amending the state constitution. The measure would go before voters if the General Assembly approves it twice over the next two years. The state Supreme Court has ruled that the Tennessee Constitution grants women a greater right to abortion than the U.S. Constitution. Abortion rights supporters are attacking the measure as a stepping stone to prohibiting all abortions in...

SIOUX FALLS, South Dakota, March 9, 2006 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Planned Parenthood of Minnesota, North Dakota and South Dakota (PPMNS) said it will defy a law passed Monday that bans all abortions in the state.“We will not abandon the women of South Dakota,” said Sarah Stoesz, PPMNS President and CEO, according to a release. “Our clinics in South Dakota will remain open and we will continue to serve the women and men of this state by providing family planning services, emergency contraception, and safe, legal abortion care.”On Monday, South Dakota Governor Mike Rounds signed into law the first abortion ban in...

To: U.S. Government CITIZEN PETITION TO REVERSE ROE V. WADE ......... WHEREAS: Because of Roe v. Wade, millions of unborn children have died through abortion; and WHEREAS: In Roe v. Wade, the U.S. Supreme Court declared it could not resolve "the difficult question of when life begins" -- and on the basis of this unresolved question, declared a new "right to abortion" based on a "right of privacy"; and WHEREAS: The 14th Amendment to the Constitution states: "nor shall any state deprive any person of life liberty or property, without due process of law, nor deny to any person within...